The Svatantrika-Prasangika Distinction: What Difference Does a Difference Make?

by Georges B. J. Dreyfus (Editor), Sara L. McClintock (Editor)

Overview

Madhyamaka, or "Middle Way," philosophy came to Tibet from India and became the basis of all of Tibetan Buddhism. The Tibetans, however, differentiated two streams of Madhyamaka philosophy—Svatantrika and Prasangika. In this collection, leading scholars in the field address the distinction on various levels, including the philosophical import for both Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka and the historical development of the distinction itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780861713240
Publisher:	Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Series:	Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Georges Dreyfus was the first Westerner to obtain the title of Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree confered within the traditional Tibetan monastic system. He earned his PhD in the History of Religions at the University of Virginia. He is presently Professor of Religion at Williams College.

Sara McClintock (PhD 2002, Harvard University) is a Buddhist philosopher and scholar of religion whose interests converge at the intersections of ethics, metaphysics, truth, and story. Sara is an associate professor in the Department of Religion at Emory University.